Author Archives: Garrett Wollman

World Figure Skating Championships: Ladies’ Free Skate (photos, post 3 of 5)

Posted on 2017-04-01

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Here are the ladies in group 2: Nicole Rajicova (SVK) Loena Hendrickx (BEL) Xiangning Li (CHN) Ivett Toth (HUN) Mariah Bell (USA) Mai Mihara (JPN)

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World Figure Skating Championships: Ladies’ Free Skate (photos, post 2 of 5)

Posted on 2017-04-01

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Here are the ladies’ performances from group 1. Zijun Li (CHN) Laurine Lecavelier (FRA) Leilani Craine (AUS) Angelina Kuchvalska (LAT) Nicole Schott (GER) Anna Galustyan (ARM)

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World Figure Skating Championships: Ladies’ Free Skate (intro, post 1 of 5)

Posted on 2017-04-01

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I’m baaaaaaack… This is the first of five posts with my photos from the ladies’ free skate at this year’s World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki. (I promised four posts to my Twitter followers but decided that an introduction was … Continue reading →

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World Figure Skating Championships: Men’s Short Program

Posted on 2017-03-31

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Hey guys. I skipped the first couple hours of the Short Dance so I could photographically ogle Yuzuru Hanyu’s ass edit my photos of yesterday’s men’s short program so maybe you can actually see them before the free skate on … Continue reading →

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World Figure Skating Championships: Ladies’ Short Program

Posted on 2017-03-30

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Hey, folks, I stayed up way too late editing photos after getting back from today’s pairs free skate so I could bring you yesterday’s ladies’ SP. I think I’m finally getting the hang of Lightroom after five years… Anyway, I … Continue reading →

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The rest of the men from the day 2 practice at the World Figure Skating Championships

Posted on 2017-03-29

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Here are the rest of the men that I saw at the second day of practice (recall that I didn’t get to the arena at 6:15 AM like they did so I didn’t see the earliest groups of skaters). I’ll … Continue reading →

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Some photos from day 2 of the World Figure Skating Championships

Posted on 2017-03-28

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I’m writing today’s post from Helsinki (accent on the first syllable if you want to sound like a native), where the annual World Figure Skating Championships are being held. It was my intention to take lots of pictures and then … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on 2017-03-07

This past weekend, I read a couple of YA novels that took the standard fairy-tale premise of “the prince saves the princess and they lived happily ever after” and turn it around into “the princess saves the princess (and whether … Continue reading →

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Reflections

Sitting here after spending another late morning abed with a book, I came to think for a moment: those authors whose books meant so much to me when I was growing up, they are as much older than me now … Continue reading →

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Leftover cream + chocolate = truffles!

Posted on 2017-02-14

Last weekend, I made a chocolate layer cake using Alice Medrich’s whipped chocolate ganache as filling. Ganache, of course, requires cream, and making ganache from high-test chocolate requires more cream to balance out the cocoa butter and keep the result … Continue reading →

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